1694 Map (extract) showing the area around Sintzen including the church at Steenfort (Steinsfurt). [2]
1683 Johann Jacob Weiß, son of Johannes and Susanna Weiß, was baptized on November 26, 1683, in Steinsfurt, Baden (Baden-Württemberg, Germany). This may be the baptismal record for the Jacob Wise of Pennsylvania whose notes are shown below. [1]
Different aspects of the region around Sinsheim-Steinsfurt are shown in these historic map extracts. Sinsheim is a town in southwestern Germany, in the Rhine Neckar Area of the state Baden-Württemberg between Heidelberg and Heilbronn in the district Rhein-Neckar. The town of Steinsfurt is now one of the suburbs of Sinsheim.
1706 Hans Jacob Weiß, son of Hans Weiss, and Barbara, daughter of Michael Wolff stone mason [maurer] of Ittlingen, were married on September 28 at the Steinsfurt Reformed Church, Sinsheim, Elsenz, Germany. [5] [6] [7]
Eod anno D 28th Fbry sind copulit werd Hanß Jacob Weiss Hanß Weisß burger (?) und gerichtsman alhier ehliche sohn, (?) mit (?) Barbara Michael Wolf burger und maurer zu Itelinghen tochtor Nota Bene! daß (?) (?) ist (?)
1706-1726 Baptisms for the children in the family of Jacob Wise and Barbara Wolff, as shown here, were registered at the reformed church in Steinsfurt. [8]
1706 Maria Barbara Weiß, child of Jacob and Barbara Weiß, was baptized on January 1, 1707 in Steinsfurt, Baden (Baden-Württemberg), Preußen (Germany) with sponsor Anna Barbara, wife of H Andreas(?) Wagner. Maria Barbara Weiß was born on December 31, 1706. She died on November 14, 1711. [9]
1708 Hanß Jacob, son of Hanß Jacob Weiß gerichtsmann(?) and wife Barbara, was born on July 1. He was baptized on July 4 at Steinsfurt, Germany with sponsor Hanß Jacob Schurk ledeger geselle (?) tochtor. [10]
1710 Maria Catharina (born on August 2), daughter of Hanß Jacob Weiß and wife Barbara, was baptized on November 5 at Steinsfurt, Germany with sponsor Maria Catharina, daughter of Jacob Kildels. [11]
1713 Maria Barbara (born on July 12), daughter of Jacob Weiß burg[er] and wife Barbara, was baptized on July 15(?) at Steinsfurt, Germany with sponsor Maria Catharina, daughter of Jacob Kildels, burger. [12]
1714 Otilla, daughter of Jacob Weiß burg[er] and wife Barbara, was born on August 14. She was baptized on August 17 at Steinsfurt, Germany with sponsor Otillia, daughter of H(err) heinrich (?), reformed. She died on May 10, 1720. [13]
1716 Maria Elisabetha, daughter of Jacob Weiß burg[er] and wife Barbara, was baptized on May 11 at Steinsfurt, Germany with sponsor Maria Catharina, daughter of Jacob Kildels, burger. [14]
1717 Maria Elisabetha, daughter of Hanß Jacob Weiß burg[er] and wife Barbara, was baptized on July 2 at Steinsfurt, Germany with sponsor Maria Catharina, daughter of Jacob Kildels, burger. [15]
1719 Hanß Martin, son of Jacob Weiß burg[er] and wife Barbara, was baptized on June 4 at Steinsfurt, Germany with sponsors Hanß Jacob Enuster(?) and Jungfrau Otillia, daughter of H: Heinrich Ke(?) (?). [16]
1724 Elisabetha, daughter of Hanß Jacob Weiß burg[er] and wife Barbara, was baptized on January 25 at Steinsfurt, Germany with sponsor Elisabetha Wolfin von Ittling[en] ledige standes. [17]
1726 Georg Michael, son of Jacob Weiß burg[er] and wife Barbara, was baptized on July 25 at Steinsfurt, Germany with sponsors Georg Michael Wolf leidege gesell und Maria veronica von (?)elbach. [18]
1728 Jans Jacob Weis and family sailed for America on the ship Albany from Rotterdam via Portsmouth, England.
1728 Jacob Weiss emigrated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the ship Albany on September 4. The ship Albany was mastered by Lazarus Oxman and came from Rotterdam, most recently from Portsmouth, whence the ship sailed June 22, 1728 (in transit for 75 days) and brought thirty Palatines with their families, about one hundred persons in total. The passenger list named Jacob Weiss. [Sept. 4, 1728. Dreißig Pfälzer mit ihren Familien, etwa ein hundert Personen, kamen mit dem Schiffe Albany, Capitain Lazarus Oxmann, von Rotterdam über Cowes, welches sie am 22. Juni verließen, herüber][22] [23] [24] [25]
1728 Jacob Weiss and other passengers took the oath of fidelity in Philadelphia on September 4, the same day the ship arrived in Philadelphia.
1730 Daughter Susanna Weiss was born on February 8 and was baptized on May 9, 1730 at the Lutheran Reformed Muddy Creek church in East Cocalico Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, sponsor Susanna Wolffin (grandmother?). [28] [29]
1731 John Peter Trabbinger was born on December 23 and was baptized on February 26 with Zeug (witness or sponsor?) Jacob Weiss Senior. [30] [31]
1732 John Philipp Heyl, son of Georg Adam Heyl, was born on October 30 and was baptized on November 21, with sponsors Jacob Weiss, Philipp Firnssler, and Michael Kitsch. [32]
1733 Jacob Wise of Lancaster County received a warrant for a tract of 160 acres in Cocalico (now Clay) Twp, Lancaster County, on January 4. [33] [34] "1733 to Jacob Weiss of Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, for a tract of 160 acres on Cocalico Creek. After settling and improving a tract of 280 acres on said creek, he agreed to divide the same between his two sons Jacob Weiss and George..." [35] Jacob Wise died in 1749 without obtaining a patent and without having a will. The land office permitted the two sons, Jacob and George Michael to split the property and to re-warrant the land. [36] A survey of an adjacent tract in 1733 for Leonard Barnerd and George Ringer [37], returned in 1747 for Anna Barbara Francis, was shown as adjacent to the tract of Jacob Wise. [38] Jacob Wise was also shown as the landowner on the survey of an adjacent tract for Hans Adam Moser, made in 1735. [39] [40] [41] [Photocopy, Survey of Jacob Wise tract, 1752.] [Photocopy, Survey of George Wise tract, 1752.]
1732/33 John Jacob Miller, son of Leonhard Miller, was born on January 12 and was baptized on February 3, 1733, with sponsors Joh. Jacob Weiss and Susanna Wolfin. [44] [45]
1734 Maria Elizabetha Kitsch, daughter of John Michael Kitsch, was born on April 19 and was baptized on May 12, with sponsors Jacob Weiss and Maria Elizabeth Wolfin. [46] [47]
1734 Susanna Muller, daughter of Leonhard Miller, was baptized by John Casper Stover on August 4, with witnesses Joh. Jacob Weiss and Susanna Wolfin. [48]
1734 Anna Barbara Trabbinger, daughter of John Peter Trabbinger, was born on August 4 and was baptized on September 29, with sponsors Michael Kitsch and Anna Barbara Weissin. [49]
1740 Jacob Weis, deacon of the Reformed congregation at Cocalico, Lancaster County, pledged with the congregation, on February 15, to contribute 6 pounds and 20 bushels of oats annually to the salary of a minister. [50] Mention was made of a log church building at Cocalico. The agreement was signed by deacons Jacob Weis and Andrew Holtzbaum.
1743 Jacob Wise and Jacob Wise, Jr, of Lancaster County, traveled to Philadelphia, were they were naturalized at the courthouse on April 3. [51] [52] [53]
1749 Letters of administration were granted, on May 24, to Barbara Wise, widow of Jacob Wise, deceased; Jacob Wise, son of the deceased; and Henry Dierdorff. [Henry Dierdorff was a son of Anthony Dierdorff, a prominent early member of the Church of Brethren][55]
1752 Jacob Weiss, son of this Jacob Wise, received a warrant for land in Lancaster County on March 12. He received a patent for 140 acres of land on December 13, 1753. [56]
1754 At the Orphans' Court held at Lancaster for the County of Lancaster, the third day of September 1754. Before Emanuel Carpenter, Adam Simon Kuhn, James Smith, Robert Thompson, William Jevon, Esqrs. Justices. [57] [58]
Upon the Petition of Jacob Wise, eldest Son of Jacob Wise, deceased (who died intestate) to this court praying that he may be admitted to hold the and enjoy a certain tract of land late of the said Jacob Wise, deceased, situate in the Township of Cocalico in the said County containing 140 acres, and allowance upon, his paying or securing to be paid the respective shares of the widow and the other children of the said decedent according to the valuation made thereof by Martin Weidman, Michael Feasor, Valentine Herclerot and John Shutz, the persons appointed by all the parties interested according to the Act of the General Assembly of ths Province in such cases made and provided and he the said Jacob Wise the petitioner producing to this Court the said appointment and also the valuation made by the said Martin Weidman, Michael Feasor, Valentine Hercelrot and John Shultz, in pursuance thereof, Whereby it appears that they have valued the said tract of land at the sum of two hundred and fifty pounds, It is therefore considered by the Court and Ordered and Adjudged that the said Jacob Wise the petitioner upon paying or securing to be paid unto Barbara Wise the widow and relict of the said intestate, George Michael Wise, the other son of the said intestate, Martin Weidel and Elizabeth his wife, one of the daughters of the said intestate, Susan Weise another of the daughters of the said intestate and to the children of Catherine another daughter of the said intestate now deceased, by her two husbands Michael Kitsch and John Burger, that is to say Michael, Elizabeth, Sophia, and Martin Kitsch and Anna, Barbara, Leonora, Margaret and Catherine Berger or to their guardian their several and respective shares according to the said valuation do hold and enjoy the said tract of land according to the directions of said Act.
Emanuel Carpenter, Esq. is appointed guardian over the … children of Catherine … during their minority.
Research Notes:
Could the sponsor of the 1726 baptism og George Michael Wise be Georg Michael Wolf [59], son of Bernhardt Wolf?
1752 Barbara Weiss was baptized in October, at Ephrata. [60]
1732 A different family with Jacob Weiss (age 45) and Torothea Weiss (age 40) and Barbara Weiss (age 19) arrived in Philadelphia on August 11. Martin and Katherine Weigell were also on board. [61]
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